A law firm dedicated to advising entrepreneurs, companies and investors in high-growth industries.

Our UK and US qualified lawyers practice in the following areas:

We represent many of the leading venture capital funds active in Europe and the continent's most exciting emerging companies, structuring equity, debt and hybrid investments often involving several institutional investors and angels.

Venture capital is a core focus of our practice, and our clients benefit from our extensive network of contacts in the industry. Sectors of particular interest include technology, life sciences and cleantech, and our lawyers are recognised and ranked as leading practitioners in these fields.

We advise our clients on the most efficient ways of structuring their businesses as they continue to grow, often involving multiple jurisdictions and corporate entities.

We also advise clients in distressed situations on restructuring their business, protecting those parts with the most potential to develop.

As an adviser to emerging companies, it is not efficient for many of our clients to employ a general legal counsel.

We therefore offer clients the opportunity to have a member of the JAG Shaw Baker team act as outsourced general counsel.

Our team manages due diligence projects, compiling full and exceptions only reports.

We also set up and manage data rooms on behalf of clients.

We advise management teams, boards of directors and individual directors on all matters of corporate governance.

This includes strategies relating to minority shareholder rights and potential actions.

We represent a number of clients in the life sciences sector, including pharmaceuticals, biotechs, medical devices and healthcare companies. Our life sciences practice covers the full spectrum of services for the various deal stages of life sciences companies. Specific areas of focus include: